The Return of the King
English Study Notes

On destroied Isengard

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The filth of Saruman is washing away.

Pippin see Sauron

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Why should we ride to the aid to those who did not come to ours?

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Things are now in motion and cannot be undone.

Minas Trith

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Lord Denethor, however, is not the king. He is a steward only.

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I come with tiding in this dark hour, and with counsel.

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Yet for all your subtleties, you have not wisdom.

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And with your right, you'd seek to supplant me.

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I will not bow with this Ranger from the North, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship.

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Pippin: I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

Preparing the way to Minas Trith

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Theodore: It is a three day gallop to Minas Trith